Despite Ferocious emerging during a modern Golden Age of dinosaur video games, with both major developers and the independent scene releasing a non-stop parade of new ways to be eaten by a T. rex, this survival game stands alone. A lot of that has to do with the atmosphere on display in both the story and gameplay trailers, one made from a "lost world" cocktail of alternate dinosaur evolutions, ancient ruins and jungles, and unrelenting violence. It also has to do with how much it resembles another game that was singular amongst its own peers: Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, one of the best movie tie-in games of all time.
Developed by OMYOG, Ferocious doesn't garner that comparison by accident. On Instagram, the developer has written about how the 2005 King Kong game was his "favorite game as a kid" and was a "big inspiration" for his decision to eventually become a game developer. Kong's massive fingerprints are all over Ferocious' trailer, right down to the number of giant man-eating crabs you'll be fighting off with a spear. However, considering the fact that Kong came out for sixth generation systems like Xbox and PlayStation 2 and legal options to play it in 2025 are a little more limited, it's worth diving into Kong's majesty to see how it bodes well for any game that seeks to replicate it.
